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Paleontologists announced a soft-tissue discovery millions of years old, a rare find because these delicate remains usually disappear long before anyone can study them
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (985+ words) Tiny pyritized tube feet in a 452-million-year-old crinoid reveal how ancient sea lilies fed, thanks to a museum fossil hiding in plain sight. By ECONEWS · Editorial process The tissue consists of tiny tube feet, soft structures used to catch food…...
In Patagonia, researchers found three petrified forests about 50 million years old, a stunning window into an ancient landscape that was much greener, wetter, and stranger than southern Argentina today
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (913+ words) By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process A landowner in rural Río Negro, Argentina, noticed unusual remains scattered across a low-production ranch near Pilcaniyeu. Provincial authorities later confirmed that the site holds three petrified forests estimated to be about 50 million years old....
In Santa Cruz, scientists found a 150-million-year-old fossil plant with such rare preservation that it seems to freeze a piece of the plant world that existed when dinosaurs ruled Earth
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (962+ words) A 150-million-year-old fossil plant from Argentina preserves cells in stunning detail, revealing life in Jurassic Patagonia. By Adrian Villellas · Editorial process A fossil plant found in southern Argentina is giving scientists a rare look at life in Patagonia when dinosaurs…...
For decades, it has been said that self-fertilization was like entering an evolutionary dead end, but a new study has just put a rather uncomfortable spin on that old idea
2+ week, 1+ day ago (996+ words) New research challenges the idea that self-fertilization is an evolutionary dead end and points to a more complex story. By ECONEWS · Editorial process Self-fertilization has long carried a dramatic label in evolutionary biology. For decades, many scientists have wondered whether…...
Water dating back 2 billion years has been discovered 3 km underground in a Canadian mine: literally a sip from the Precambrian, older than almost all complex life
3+ week, 6+ day ago (886+ words) Home - Environment - Water dating back 2 billion years has been discovered 3 km underground in a Canadian mine: literally a sip from the Precambrian, older than almost all complex life Nearly two miles below northern Ontario, a mine built for copper, zinc,…...
Rangers near Sydney found living trees thought extinct for 90 million years – basically botanical zombies.
4+ week, 4+ hour ago (965+ words) Home - Environment - Rangers near Sydney found living trees thought extinct for 90 million years – basically botanical zombies In 1994, a New South Wales (NSW) park ranger named David Noble lowered himself into a remote rainforest canyon in Wollemi National Park, about 93 miles…...
Scientists stumble on a never-seen “bear-dog,” blowing up what we thought we knew about Europe’s prehistoric beast lineup
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1021+ words) Home - Science - Scientists stumble on a never-seen “bear-dog,” blowing up what we thought we knew about Europe’s prehistoric beast lineup A crushed skull from a fossil site near Barcelona has revealed an unknown species of ancient predator that lived about…...
Scientists say Greenland’s “new branch of life” discovery comes from a depth of over 8,300 feet, and the claim forces a rethink of how evolution’s tree is organized
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (924+ words) Home - Science - Scientists say Greenland’s “new branch of life” discovery comes from a depth of over 8,300 feet, and the claim forces a rethink of how evolution’s tree is organized A tiny animal pulled from the deep North Atlantic has opened…...
Scientists find the skeleton of a killer crocodile that hunted dinosaurs 70 million years ago, and its anatomy tells the story of predators that ruled without permission
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (895+ words) A nearly intact fossil from southern Patagonia has revealed a fierce crocodile relative that lived about 70 million years ago, just before the age of dinosaurs came crashing to an end. The animal, named Kostensuchus atrox, was about 11.5 feet long and…...
An unborn dinosaur is found inside its egg after 70 million years, and the fossil offers a rare look at the final moments before hatch day
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (844+ words) Home - Science - An unborn dinosaur is found inside its egg after 70 million years, and the fossil offers a rare look at the final moments before hatch day A fossilized egg from southern China has opened a rare window into a…...